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• Posted in thread: George Washington Brew on 02-25-2013 at 09:13 PM
  I'm trying WL029 for my light colord Hopped & Confused,& a black lager from a member here. I
  kept it in the 65-69F temp range recommended for initial fermentation. I'm interested to see
  how it works i...

• Posted in thread: George Washington Brew on 02-23-2013 at 01:15 PM
  wait lets get back to the whole "bran" issue. I personally think he meant "brain." as in actual
  brain.This actually makes sense. If Abe Lincoln can be a vampire slayer the ol George was maybe
  a zombie...

• Posted in thread: George Washington Brew on 02-22-2013 at 10:33 PM
  Yes. I made the recipe and it turned very well. Here are some thoughts on changes I will make
  next time I brew.I went back and looked at the recipe and I would't change the grainbill or the
  hops. It w...

• Posted in thread: Heavenly Scourge Black IIPA on 01-14-2013 at 01:12 PM
  @brrman Over the weekend I had a beer by Firestone Walker - Wookie Jack whcih is a black ipa
  with rye. it was fantastic. My next version of this will include a bit of rye just to get that
  little bit o...

• Posted in thread: Wyeast 3711 French Saison on 12-05-2012 at 01:26 PM
  Thanks! Good to know. Took a grav today and I'm only at 1.012. Still chugging away though so I
  guess it's just going to take time to get down to 1.008. Fermenting at around 66 probably isn't
  helping m...

• Posted in thread: Wyeast 3711 French Saison on 12-05-2012 at 01:23 PM
  Good point. I'm so used to US-05 since I use it for most of my beers and its like clockwork.
  First time using a Saison yeast and they're definitely on their own schedule. I was hoping to
  bottle on Fri...

• Posted in thread: Wyeast 3711 French Saison on 12-02-2012 at 04:54 PM
  First time using this strain. I'm making a Saison du Buff clone for my brother for Christmas.
  Definitely not what I'm used to as it's day 7 of fermentation and it's still going. About 2-3
  seconds per ...

• Posted in thread: Dumping Entire Wort into Fermenter? on 12-01-2012 at 08:57 PM
  I have done both. I used to dump it all in then I started reading about how to improve the
  final product by whilpooling and siphoning the beer into the fermentor. I have been using this
  technique for ...

• Posted in thread: Stone Ruination Clone on 11-30-2012 at 05:04 PM
  Thanks, Thats what I figured. Last 3 times I made this i was mashing around 150. I didnt take
  the actual temp just used a calculation and thats what im assuming I got. The beer blew off...
  this time I...

• Posted in thread: Heavenly Scourge Black IIPA on 11-29-2012 at 10:42 PM
  I'm going to brew a version of this beer, that I converted to PM, this Sunday. I noticed that
  you use a 1.5L starter for this beer, is that with a stir plate? This is the first time that
  I've needed t...